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The super app graveyard: ‘Everything apps’ just don’t work in Africa

Even with its massive scale and a $300 million Fintech 2.0 upgrade, M-Pesa remains a reminder that absolute reliability is a myth in African fintech.

Analysis

Apple turns 50 next week. Eddy Cue thinks the next 50 could break it

The question inside Cupertino is whether what got Apple here can carry it forward.

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Wise receives conditional approval for Nigerian remittance (IMTO) licence

We explore what this means for Wise's African expansion, and if it can compete with local players like LemFi and Moniepoint.

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OPay is losing Nigeria’s PoS agents to Moniepoint as CBN deadline nears

As the April 1 deadline approaches, thousands of OPay devices that were once active in Ekiti and beyond could be returned.

AI

The quiet strategies behind Africa’s fastest-growing AI startups

Without external funding, Adekunle’s startup has made significant progress in less than a year, serving customers within and outside Africa.

Analysis

Why new Unilever-Google partnership is dangerous for startups

As Unilever builds a "digital backbone" with Google Cloud, it is constructing a barrier that could make smaller competitors functionally invisible to the AI assistants of tomorrow.

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After two years of price shock, Nigeria’s inflation problem has a new shape

Inflation in Nigeria has dropped from 34.8% to 15.1%. We zoom out on how Nigeria moved from crisis inflation to measured disinflation in a year.

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The $6.2 billion tug-of-war: Whose win is MTN’s IHS acquisition?

While MTN frames the move as a strategic necessity to stabilise costs, local tech leaders and federal regulators are raising a red flag.

Analysis

Inside the Temu–Jumia battle for Africa’s digital market

Temu was winning the price war, but the battle for the African consumer was far from over.

Analysis

Conflicting public numbers cloud Moniepoint’s growth story

As public metrics disagree, questions emerge about how fast and how far Moniepoint is really growing.

AI

African Healthtech has 24 months to ‘out-localise’ ChatGPT before window closes

Now, African healthtech startups have roughly two years to establish market position before funding gaps become insurmountable.

Analysis

The smartphone market stopped chasing growth in 2025. Now it’s chasing intelligence in 2026

Phones are selling again, but fewer people are buying them. What changed?

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